Windows error :spawnSync ./gradlew EACCES error when running react native project on emulator

Question

Am trying to run react native using react-native run-android but I get the above error. I was having issues getting my detached expo to run on android emulator and I keep getting this error Error running app. Have you installed the app already using Android Studio? Since you are detached you must build manually. Error: Activity not started, unable to resolve Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=.... After hours of futile effort i tried running react-native run-android but I keep getting the above error (title). solution online spawnSync ./gradlew EACCES error when running react native project on emulator udara shows its a permission issue and that it can be resolved with chmod 755 android/gradlew since am using a windows system i tried ICACLS "android/gradlew" /grant:r "Administrator:(F)" /C but I still get the same error. am not really good with icacls so I may be wrong. any assistance is highly appreciated. My emulator is working perfectly cause i did a adb devices check and its their. I even have the emulator already open on my window

Answer 1

open terminal in your root project react-native and type : cd android && chmod -R 777 ./gradlew && cd ..